What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Now there’s a looker!

 

Thank you very much.

 

A well constructed KA-BAR Barlow in need of a wipe down. Very thin profile and I like the sawcut bone. The grind on the clip point reminds me of a Cattaraugus knife I have.

 

Wow. Very nice! Someone loved that one; carried it a lot and cared for it well.

 

Looks like Wright's is stepping up their game.

 

Overall that's a really great looking knife. The tang stamp really sets it off. Seems that stamp isn't exclusive after all. Might be worth a trip to A. Wright for a look see.

 

I’ll say! Wow, everything about that looks fantastic. Are these regular production or special order?

 

Ashley makes a few up to sell on his Instagram account, I got lucky with this one, fell on it just as he posted it.

 

Thanks. That really is an amazing looking Barlow. I hope to see more like this from them in the future

 

Yeah it's nice, it's on a par with most other traditional handmade folders I've seen, I think he obviously takes a bit more time over these he sells for himself, whether it'll trickle down to the production stock I don't know, I have plenty of those and in fairness they're all serviceable and tight but they don't have the tolerances that this Barlow has. I know time is money in their line of business but if they could send every knife out like this one they'd put Sheffield right back on the map, big style.

 

Very nice.

 

I can’t believe that no one has posted in this thread since Thursday! Here you go!